The weird world of House Bill 716

3:00 PM,
May 3, 2013

Written by

John Vanderstar
OPINION

Weird. That's the word that best describes state House Bill 716, sponsored by more than 50 legislators, including Rep. Michelle Presnell, R-Burnsville.

The bill would prohibit abortions when "a significant factor in the pregnant woman seeking the abortion is related to the sex of the unborn child." (The clumsy grammar is theirs, not mine.) No person would be permitted to perform or attempt to perform an abortion when the person has "knowledge, or an objective reason to know" that sex selection is a significant reason the pregnant woman wants the abortion.